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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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